hunter-io-best-practices
Installation
SKILL.md
Hunter.io Best Practices
Hunter.io is an email finding and verification tool. Its core value is domain-based email discovery: give it a company domain, and it returns known email addresses and the email pattern used at that company. Hunter works best as a secondary provider in a multi-tool enrichment stack, specializing in email pattern detection and verification.
The principle: Hunter.io's strength is pattern detection, not database size. It identifies the email format a company uses (first.last@, flast@, etc.) and lets you generate accurate emails for any contact at that company. Use it for pattern discovery and verification, not as your sole contact database.
Core Features
How to use each feature
| Feature | What it does | Best use case |
|---|---|---|
| Domain Search | Returns all known emails at a domain + pattern | Discovering the email pattern at a target company |
| Email Finder | Finds a specific person's email (name + domain) | Finding one contact's email when you have their name and company |
| Email Verifier | Verifies if an email address is deliverable | Pre-send verification to prevent bounces |
| Bulk Finder | Finds emails for a CSV of names + domains | Scaling email finding across a list |
| Bulk Verifier | Verifies a CSV of email addresses | Pre-campaign verification of entire lists |
| API | Programmatic access to all features | Integrating into your enrichment waterfall |